New Schedule for Project 52: Embrace the Change… Heh
If you cannot make any of these meetings and must remain on the old schedule, let me know. I am totally committed to being there for you so it is not an issue at all. Just please let me know and I will accommodate. For now, this is the way forward: ALL TIMES ARE...
48: Assignment Forty Eight: “eggs in a basket”
"DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET" Sounds like something we photographers say... "Don't shoot all your images on one card..." It means the same thing. Have more than one place to store and keep what is valuable to you in case the first place is faulty. The basket...
46: Assignment Forty Six
As the old song goes, “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” Whether that is true or not is really a subject to be taken up on Facebook… LOL. But for this assignment, that is JUST the headline for the ad you are going to shoot. It is for a local jewelry store and the...
45: Assignment Forty Five
NOTE: THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE REVIEWED ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 12. THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON MEETING, PLEASE BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MORNING CLASS ON THIS PARTICULAR SATURDAY. A great line from the movie “On The Waterfront”… Marlon Brando’s character has just learned that...
38: CATCH UP OR RE-SHOOT
Please use this week to do any catch up or free shooting that you need to do. If you have missed an assignment, please do it now. If you feel you can do one much better than you did, then do a redo. No pressure for either one, but those are the options. No Free Shoot...
Thursday Evening Catch All Class
CATCH ALL / MAKE UP CLASS If you cannot make it to the regular Project 52 class time, or have found it difficult to maintain those dates, this class is for you. Thursday evenings at 6PM, Pacific. WEBINAR SIGN UP Still upload to the regular time you may normally...
34: Assignment Thirty Four: People in Motion
We shot the methods of rolling along in the world back in assignment 18 I believe. Now we are going to focus on the people who love their transportation choices. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, skateboards, skates... whatever moves us moves those who love to...
33: Assignment Thirty Three: A Portrait
This week we go easy on everyone. We have had lots of parameters on your people shooting and this week we have none. I just want to see a lovely portrait. Take something for your portfolio. Make it awesome. Bring any story, idea, concept to life and have it be in...
31: Assignment Thirty One: Portrait of a Musician
Assignment Thirty One: Portrait of a Musician (NO BAND SHOTS) This is an example of what we call a "press junket" shoot. A musician is ready to release an album in a few months, so they need some PR photographs to start to prime the marketing pumps and get the info...
A Refresher If Needed
This set of blog posts ran at the beginning of the class. Here we are at the middle. I thought it would be worthwhile posting them again for review if you like.
27: Assignment Twenty Seven; Backpack Ad
Local company makes top of the line backpacks and they are looking into expanding their reach with three new ads running in national outdoors magazines. These are vertical ads of course and they want to see some creative work from around your area. They have four...
ASSIGNMENT: A POUR SHOT
THE POUR SHOT You can use beer, or wine, or lemonade, or root beer, or ginger ale… Whatever you want to pour. The brief:A close up of a pour shot… it can be from oblique to the camera to straight over top. It must show an interesting ‘splash’ or something interesting...